Permanent entry visas

Partner, prospective marriage and child visa applications from applicants usually living in any of the countries in the country coverage list above are lodged and processed in Ottawa.

Applications for general skilled, business innovation and investment, Distinguished Talent (subclass 124), Former Resident (subclass 151) and parent subclasses are lodged and processed in Australia.

Refugee and Humanitarian visas

Clients from the Americas region whose application for a Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa is accompanied by a Form 681—Refugee and Special Humanitarian Proposal (proposal form) must lodge their application at the department's NSW Offshore Humanitarian Processing Centre.

This applies to people who are lodging a visa for consideration under the Global Special Humanitarian Program (SHP) or as an immediate family member.

All other Refugee and Humanitarian applications from people currently residing in any of the countries listed in the country coverage list mentioned at the top of this page should lodge their application with the
Australian Embassy, Washington DC.

Unless indicated below, paper temporary entry visa applications from applicants usually living in one of the countries in country coverage list above are lodged and processed by the Australian High Commission in Ottawa Canada.

Subclasses 400 and 408 (Invited Participant activity) visa from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean (previously known as Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Maarten (Saint Martin) and Sint Eustatius (Saint Eustatius)) are assessed and decided at the
Australian High Commission, Ottawa Canada.

Citizenship

Applications for Australian citizenship general eligibility and other situations, and applications to resume or renounce (give up) Australian citizenship should be lodged at the
Canberra office in Australian Capital Territory.